Iran Recant

I'd like to recant a portion of my previous statment (NNPT vs. Iran). New information has arisen that I was unaware of.

"The dark underside of nuclear power has always been its potential to aid in the production of nuclear weapons, through the production of plutonium Ð an inevitable byproduct of reactor operation. Of all commercial reactors, the CANDU design produces the most plutonium per unit of energy, and is the most difficult to safeguard."

http://www.cnp.ca/issues/exporting-disaster.html

If Iran is intent on reactivating its nuclear reactors, and, if world powers continue this merry dance toward total self-annihilation under the guise of mutual terrorist acts, then, it is inevitable that Iranian powers will seek to generate nuclear weapons for self-defense. Only with the stabilzation of international relations, a position that will not come to pass with current US foreign policy in place, will the threat of nuclear weapons proliferation in Iran, or any other nation, be quieted.

Self-defense is the all-too common reason for taking up arms. A perceived threat is sensed, arms are taken up, death and destruction ensues. Hopefully, one day, threats need not be perceived at all.

Incidentally, if Canadian reactors produce the most Plutonium per unit of energy, where did it all go? South of the Border, perhaps?